Loom attachment.



P. BELLY,

mom Amcnmfm.

APPUCTIDE FILED }AN.20, 1914.

fm Patente June 8, 1915,

PETER RjEILLY, OF PASSICQNEW JERSEY, ASSIGNR TO ESE?H P. SCHMITT, OF

i v HQBGKEN, BEV JERSEY.

LGOM ATTACHMENT.

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l To all 1r/ioni it may conferir j Be it known that PETER REEL?, a. citizen of the United States, and a resident ci' Passaic, in the county of Passaic and di News' Jersey, have invented e new and inproved Loon/1 Attachment, of Winch the following is a full, clear, end esenti description.

The object of the invention. is to provide a new and improved leoni attachment zirrenged to insure the formation of u perfect selvzige o.; preventing nickiug thereof and to allow forming of fringes by the weft.

In order to accomplish the desired' result use is inode jof e iooper controlled by the lay and adapted to engege'tlie weft ator adjacent to the selva/ige to hold 'the weft during the return ino-vement of the siuttle, the looper being moved into inactive. position by the lay during the beating up neoveinent thereof end the louper returning to ee tive position prior to starting the shuttle through the open shed.

A practical embodiment of the invention represented in tnfe :icooinpu ing drenn ings forming a. permet this specdioetion, in which similar charaeters of reference indi ente corresponding pierts iu all the views.

Figure i is e plenriew of of loom provided with the attachment, the lutter being snown mounted on the temples; Fig. is en. enlarged side elevation of the attachment on one of the temples; and Fig. is an en lei-ged iden `view of the 'abriozind showing' the looper in position for iwlding the 'weft :it one side the ifnlirie during the return movement or' the siiuttie. l

The iooin on uliieii the attachment is used muy be of any approved construction, and the iooni is shown in Fig. l being mount-` ed on n freine A supporting e oioth boem E on which are attached tile. housings C of the usual temples C. The loonris further pro* vided with :i lay, the upper purtof which is shown in the drawing. l) indicating the luy hand rail, D the reed through which the i p threads pass. und l)L the cross bur or t-e ley proper. The looin is also provided .with :L shuttle E for carrying e weft thread @through thev open shed of the warns Y). The attachment is shown mounted on die temples fr; and for this purpose euch temple C 'is provided with e transverse stud ,ii on which is mounted to swing the iower end of an erin G haring en upward extension Gf Specification of Letters Patent.

arranged in the path fue ley hand raid D so lie-t when the intter nieves forward itengeges the extension G and imparts a fou Werd swinging movement to the erin CTj as indieated. in dotted lines in Fig. i3 The erm s pressed on by a spring H 'nearing with one end on the erin G and coiled. around tile stud i?" and having its other end etti-oiled to the tempie C so that when the i213' returns e. return swingingr motion is given to the erin G by the. spring H. The return movement of the arm G is limited by the bottom of the eXtensionG abutting against the top of. the temple C.

On the erm G is adjustably secured s lon gitudinnllyextending rod I by the use of nuts I', l2 engaging threaded portions of the seid. rod as vplainly indio-ated in Fig. Q. The rear end of the rod is provided with an eye I3 in which is secured the shank of e transwisely-extending looper J by the use of nuts J', J sere-Wing on the threaded portion of the sliunfr and abutting against the opposite feces of lie eye. i3. The inner end of the iooper d provided with e downwardly-extendii point or'hook J 3 adapted to engage. the weft JL the back thereof prior to the return of the shuttle E from the correspondine` side or' thelooiu. Now when the siiuttie 'eiurns the weft is looped around the poir c plainly indicated in und @one nily' the loops a of the s rig. e,

umi are not. iiuble to be drawn inward on tile :idiucent Wurps tine: ,inventing nicliingr of die teorie et the edge or selruge thereof. By making the looperJ adjustable in u transverse direction the point J3 may be moved nearer Le er farther from the outermost warp time causing e, fringe to be formed by the weft a at the edge of the fabric.

l also be noticed that by adjusting .l in :i transverse direction the may i e ser to pass between the outermost ".rzirps f. if it desired to do so, it laeingz understood tliet even in this ense the. ioops u. formed by the weft i are vprevented from uieiiingf the selmgre or side edge or" the inieir. il'lxen the if@ moves foi-wurd for Meeting in the Wei, the luy hund rail l) en gngres the extension G of the. :1mi G thus i1uportino" :i the :ii-m i wherein-y the rod is swung upward ind with it the looper J so that the point Il? t" reef Patented June S, 1915. Application filed January 2G, 19M, Sera No. SlT.

{iuuverd swinging movement to l moves out of engagement 1.1i

i with the lonps av of the weft of When-the lay returns,;.the' arm G, 4and withv it the looperJ, Swings downward bythe actionjof the springl Hso that the` point wJB engages the beaten-in weft a at the-backthereofvirn- 4niediately prior tothe shuttle passing through the open shed on its return movement relative tothatparticularide' of the loom. A .A

Itis understood that two loopers J are used, one on each -side of the fabric to pro- I ldune the desired result, that is, to :prevent .nickingof the selvage and to forni l'fringes now 'constructed by the weft at the edges of thefabric- The attachment is very simplein construe;

applied to looms-asi' j tion'land can be readily Having thus described my invention, I

"'elai'm'as' new and desire to secure byv Let' ters Patent:

l. In a loom, vthe combinationwith a layv having a lay hand rail, a temple, an arm 'mounted `to swing on the temple and 'extending intoI the path of the lay'hand rail, andv a loopelr` held on the. said arm andadaptedf' to engage the weft to hold the latter during,

' the return movement of the shuttle, the said armbeing swung by the lay handlrail te more the looper out of engagement with'the wett loop duringthe beating up movement of thelay, the said arm havingr mea-ne. for engaging the temple to limit the 'return i'noiv'elnent of the arm. k

lna leoni, the combination voi" a lay: heving'a lay hand rail, va temple, a springpressed 'arm mounted at it's, lower end to l swingonithe templelin the direction of the length of the loom, the said arm having an upward ,offset extension arranged in the path ofithe said lay hand rail, and a looper held 3. In a loonifthe combina-tion of a .lay having a lay hand rail, a'tc1nple, a spring-l pressed arm mount'edto swing'at its lower end on the temple in'tlie direction of the length ofthe looi'n, the upper end of the said arm being in the path'of the said lay hand rail. a'. longitudinally extending rod adjustably held at its forward' end-on the lsaid arm vand extending' rearwardly, and a looper having ashank and a point, the said shank arm l extending transversely. and being Jad3usn ably Secured in the rear endof the said rod and the said'point' extending downwardly' to engage the weft. l t l 4. In a loom, the combination of a lay having a lay hand' rail, a temple, provided with a transverseistud, anA arm mounted to swin at its lower end'on'the said stud, the aving an upward extension arranged in the path of the lay hand rail, whereby a .forward swinging Vmovernel'it is imparted to the armv when the lay vmoves'forward, a

spring coiled around tlielvs'aid stud and bearing with one' end on the'said arm and having .its other endv attached to the te1nple,'the saidV spring giving a' return' 'swinging' motion to said rod beingv providedwith' an eye, and a transversely e'iten'ding looper' having a shank adjustably-securedin the's'aid eye, the looper havingat its inner endI a downwardly extending 'grant/'adapted 'to engage the weft on the return movement o' ythe said arm?, the' larm extension 'being offset from .the bodyi; of

the farm, andA forming 'a shoulder engaging the top "offgthe ternpleto l'i-mitftl-ie 'return movement'o the armplA .-the. arm when the-lay" returns, a longitudi, nally extending rod adjustably secured at its forward end onthesaida'rm, the rearentl'of 5.!7In a loom,;thecon'rbnationZwithfla :lay having a lay hand/rail', andthe-166m temples?. having studs projecting therefrom', of arras 1, pivoted on 'the said 'stud'stoswingf'inthe/drection of rvthe vlength Aoli the loom,- rthe saidy so; f

arms extendinginthe path/,of thelay handf rail, andiloopersfnarried bytheirsaidarms.v

v6. In a loom-g the combinationwith a lay.l

haying ai'lay'handrail, and the looiftemples having transverse studs lprojecting thereil from, of spring" 'pressed arms pivoted Vat .their ilower ends on the said'studsfto swingt in the direction'of thelength of the loonrf the upper ends-of said arms being in lthe path 'of the said lay hand. rail, 'rods adjustablyV held in the said arrnsabove'the pivots' thereofand extending rearwardly'rom the arms, and loopers adjustable'transversely in the' rear ends ofsaid rods.

. ln testimonywhereof' I havefsigned'myv name to tl'sspeciiication in two subscribing witnesses.

. PETER' REILLY. Witnesses:

JACOB Asnnn,

BARNEY LEAvrrT.

the presence of" 

